Lawrence Woodard v. Mulicenik, No. 7:2018cv00541 - Document 6 (W.D. Va. 2018)
Court Description: MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Senior Judge Jackson L. Kiser on 11/8/2018. (tvt)
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CLERK' Soi-i-lcuu.q.nlq: cnur AT DANVILLE,VA . FILED IN T H E U NITED STA TES D ISTR ICT CO UR T FOR TH E W ESTER N DISTR IC T O F W R GIN IA R O A N O K E DIW SIO N Nû# -8 2212 JUL BY; b ...: * DE . , C LA W R ENC E W O O DA R D , Petitioner, C ase No.7:18cv00541 M EM OM NDUM OPINIO N M U LICEN IK , W arden, By:H on.Jackson L .Ifiser Senior U nited States DistrictJudge R espondent. The petitioner, Lam ence W oodard, an inm ate at the U nited States Perlitentiary Victorville in Adelanto,California,filed tllis action,pro K ,as a petition for a writofhabeas corpusunder28U.S.C.j2241. W oodard'sj2241petition challengesthevalidity ofhisguilty plea and asksthiscourtto vacatehisconviction accordingly. SeeUnited Statesv.W oodard,N o. 7:96CR 00109. Upon review of the record,the courtconcludes that W oodard's petition m ust be summarilydismissedforlackofjtuisdiction. A petitionunderj2241,whetherchallengingtheexecutionortheimpositionofafederal sentence,mustbebroughtin thedistrictcourtwithjmisdiction overthepetitioner'scustodian. In re Jones,226 F.3d 328,332 (4th Cir.2000). BecauseW oodard isnotcov ned within the jlzrisdiction ofthecourt,thecourthasnojurisdiction overthewarden oftheCalifom iafacility, who is W oodard's current custodian. Therefore,the coul' t has no jtlrisdiction to address Lawrence Woodard v. Mulicenik Doc. 6 W oodard'sclaimsunderj2241. Dockets.Justia.com K For the stated reasons, 1 will slzmm arily dismiss W oodard's petition for lack of jlzrisdiction,withoutprejudicetohissubmissionofanadequatej2241petitionintheappropriate co 1 urt. A separateFinalOrderwillbeenteredherewith. ENTERED this = day ofNovember, 2018. /0 ' N . R UN ITED S A TES D ISTRICT JUD GE iAsw oodard'sinitialj 2255motion iscurrently on appeal,See ECF No.123,United Statesv.W oodard, No.7:96CR00109(Sept.4,2018),thecourtwillnotconstruethissubmissionasaj2255. - 2-
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